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Sunday , February 18, 2018

Himachal must have five new districts : says BJP

Shimla : Barely two months after being ousted from power in Himachal Pradesh BJP leaders gathered here on Saturday have come up with a proposal to break Kangra into four districts , Shimla and Mandi into two districts each .

The president of the state BJP unit Satpal Satti told reporters that his party was in favour of breaking the three largest districts in the state and carving out five new districts . Taking the number of districts from the current 12 to 17 .

“We are in favour of breaking Kangra the most populous district of the state into Palampur , Nurpur , Kangra and Dehra ,” Satti said .